Chapter 10 - Help

The Roc bird soared high into the sky, Rei who was firmly holding on to it opened his eyes which were closed in horror at the speed that pulled him up into the sky. The giant bird named Grif is now flying calmly above the clouds with a reddish sky, that afternoon Rei saw the look on Ewa Lani's face was colder than usual.

"What happened? Why do we have to leave now?" asked Rei.

"I saw Floy Beelzebub, the cruelest wizard in Arasely, even though he never saw me, but my skin and hair will remind him of the incident 100 years ago when he killed my father!" she said angrily.

"Witch! Is he that strong?" asked Rei.

"With the help of Iyork power he is very dangerous!" she said.

"Then what should we do? Should we go back to Carmella forest?" asked Rei.

"No, we are going to Helike, I know someone there, we have to warn them!" replied Ewa Lani.

Grif landed in a city that looked deserted, the sun was already setting, the sky was dark with gray clouds blocking out the starlight. The city was foggy, barely visible after they passed through the gate which was somehow open without a guard. Ewa Lani and Rei walked in slowly, Rei's red eyes started to glow in the darkness.

"Why is it so quiet where are all the people?" asked Rei.

"They're all still here I can feel the aura, it's just that we seem to have fallen into their trap!" said Ewa Lani when she saw the fiery arrows flying in their direction.

"Watch out..!!!" shouted Rei.

Blassh...! A blue light shield appeared, circling Ewa Lani's body and causing the arrow to fall to the ground without even having a chance to touch her.

"I'm not the enemy! I'm your people!" shouted Ewa Lani explaining.

A group of troops came out to surround the two of them, it seemed the troops from the city of Helike were on guard against anyone who came.

"Who are you? Leave Helike!" said one of the guards.

"Tell your leader! Ewa Lani the guard of Igdrasil wants to meet her!" she said.

One of the bodyguards went to convey the girl's message, a few moments later they invited Ewa Lani and Rei into the city which turned out to be full of rivers and ships. Helike was a city with river transportation, major roads were replaced by rivers for trade and transporting a lot of goods. Ewa Lani and Rei were invited to board the small boat that took them to meet the leader of the city of Helike.

They did not go to the palace but to a temple, a building with a pointed tip with large wooden pillars, yellow lights began to be seen illuminating the inside of the city which was indeed foggy. They were invited to enter the altar, a woman turned to Ewa Lani and immediately greeted her.

"Sister, what sent you from all this way?" asked the woman in the green dress.

"Kiora, do you know about Iyork's unification plan?" said Ewa Lani. "They will attack you tomorrow!"

"I've heard it from my spies, don't worry I have a lot of troops and witch to help me fight their attacks!" replied Kiora.

"I saw Floy there! After 100 years he disappeared, I saw him in the city of Iyork this afternoon, I believe he could be the mastermind behind all this chaos!" explained Ewa Lani.

"Floy! That mad witch? What's he doing in Iyork?" Kiora suddenly looked frightened.

"I'll help you defend this city of yours! At least the two of us can still handle it!" said Ewa Lani.

"Thank you sisters,! Who is this boy with you?" Kiora asked when she saw Rei whose eyes were getting redder.

"He's my friend, he's a trustworthy person his name is Rei!" explained Ewa Lani.

"Welcome to Helike City Rei, Ewa Lani's friend is my friend too, introduce my name Kiora, nice to meet you!" said the beautiful woman with curly white hair.

"Nice to meet you Miss Kiora, I will help you as much as I can!" said Rei.

That night they couldn't sleep and started making plans, but suddenly a spy came to report.

"Your majesty Kiora! The Iyork army changed course, they didn't come here, they attacked the city of Meguich, the city is destroyed with embers! It's terrible!".

Ewa Lani and Kiora were shocked, they didn't expect that Iyork would change his plans.

"Surely Floy recognizes the blue mark I made in the Iyork sky this afternoon, he knows I'll be here Kiora!" guessed Ewa Lani.

It wasn't long before they talked, there was a scream, bodyguard reported that there was a commotion at the gates of Helike city. A mad witch came and took out some of the guards.

"That must be Floy, Kiora! That man is here!" said Ewa Lani who immediately flew quickly followed by Kiora.

Seeing his two comrades leave, Rei ran after him, this time running quite fast, almost keeping up with the flying speed of his two comrades. All the witch of the city of Helike gathered at the gate, they united to form a shield that blocked a black-robed freak witch with a dark purplish aura who was messing around there.

"Floy Beelzebub! What are you doing in my territory!" Kiora shouted.

"Finally I can see the leader of Helike city, Miss Kiora the smoke witch!" he said. "Ah, I also have to greet the blue-haired girl from a distant land the guard of Igdrasil!" said the man looking at Ewa Lani.

"What do you want Old Man? We're not making trouble with you! Why are you making such a fuss!" shouted Ewa Lani with a cold face full of anger.

"Don't be mad pretty girl, I'm your dad's best friend! You can think of me as your father too if you want!" bargained the man with the purple masked face. "I don't want to make a fuss, the attack on this city has been moved to Meguich city, I hope you can understand my good intentions!"

"What did you do to the Iyork nobles? They couldn't have done Yosiva for a very long time!" said Ewa Lani.

"Wow, you already know a lot of beautiful girls, I've gotten rid of them all! They are useless! Iyork is under my control and soon Arasely will the next!" he said ambitiously. "Come with me, you as the possessors of power and guardians of the Igdrasil tree we will create a new order in the universe!".

"Never dream of a Devil! I will prevent you from getting everything with all my life!" shouted Ewa Lani who immediately attacked Floy with a wave of blue light that turned into a blue fiery arrow.

Blue arrows blazing with intense energy, Ewa Lani showered Floy Beelzebub with an attack that seemed easy for him to dodge. Ewa Lani with emotion drew her sword, the sword that had been hidden in her bracelet. The sword gave off the power of a huge beast, a phoenix glowing golden-white came out of Ewa Lani's sword which was preparing to stab at Floy. The man could sense a threat, he quickly retreated and charged back. The black-clawed hand let out a purple ball that with a single flick could send Ewa Lani's body flying far away and crashing into a stone pillar.

"Ewa Lani...!!" Rei shouted, he ran over and immediately pulled the girl's body away.

Kiora attacked Floy with smoke haze and the other witch started to make shields for protection so that Floy's attack wouldn't have a serious impact. They were all defeated, the bad guy turned out to be much stronger than they thought.

"Never mind! I'm not looking for a fuss, I want you to join me, let's create a new, better world later!" said Floy while hovering above the ground.

Kiora and the other witch didn't answer, include did Ewa Lani who seemed to be holding back the pain from the attack that hit her right shoulder.

"I'm leaving now! As before I came here to offer cooperation! I'm waiting for good news from you guys this week and for you blue-haired girl, your strength is still too weak to be able to avenge your father! So dont oppose me! HAHAHA!" said Floy laughing loudly as he disappeared with a flick of his robe.